According to our view, the building should represent its time, should express its function and materials, should translate its energy strategy and qualities into architectural form, should mark its multicultural identity, and should be integrated into the landscape and urban planning of the Anatolia campus complex, avoiding any direct reference to the morphological identity of the existing historical buildings of the campus.

More specifically, the design concept makes full use of the available site and creates a building with a standardized structural system and distinct functional zoning. This idea led to a first floor with educational functions organized in two linear classroom areas and a central zone mainly with atria, lifts, shafts, and staircases. This floor is based on a ground floor which follows a more open plan accommodating functions of either less standardization and / or larger size (administration, gymnasium, and entrance foyer). The geometric organization of the ground floor and of the surrounding area is influenced by the access route from the main square of the campus and from the new parking lots (for buses and private cars) to the entrance of the building, in order to provide an unhindered access from the new parking lots, and in order to preserve the main pedestrian route of the campus. For this reason, the ground floor plan of the building is geometrically arranged, so that its entrance is clearly visible from the parking lots, and is directly accessible without any stairs.

The geometric product of the above proposal is an elevated flattened rectangular volume with two main sun-protected facades and two smaller on the north and south sides. This volume has a characteristic fifth facade, critical to the lighting and energy behavior of the building. The two longitudinal solar-shaded facades are characterized by vertical lattice-type color fins that provide both sun protection and transparency from the inside due to their lattice structure. The use of descending plants from the roof on selected fins reinforces the particular identity of these facades. On the contrary, the two small facades are characterized by the visual "detachment" of the walls, which act as "seals", thereby enhancing the strong linear organization of the building and highlighting the interior of the two side atria.

The building is vertically divided as follows: services and parking in the basement, administration and public spaces on the ground floor, educational spaces on the first floor, and bioclimatic features and devices on the roof. The majority of the building spaces enjoy a wide range of natural lightning and ventilation possibilities, due to a series of design proposals such as the skylights, the atria, and the solar-shading fins, the shape and arrangement of which enables the integration of descending plants.

In general, the building follows a simple standardized construction system using fair faced reinforced concrete, and avoiding expensive materials. The standardization of the construction and ventilation system allows for the flexibility of classrooms and the possible removal of interior partition walls in the future.

 Publications

• Archetype e-magazine, 5/2/2020